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Should I plant now/what needs dug for winter?

bookjunky4life
14 years ago

I just ordered some ice stick tulips (early spring bloomers) and grecian wildflowers. I assume I will get them around the end of August/beginning of September. I am at the border of zone 5 and 6 in Central Illinois. Do I go ahead and plant the bulbs when I get them? Do they have to then be dug up in the fall? If so, after frost? how do you store each?

Additionally, I have the same questions 1) do I store for winter 2) if so, when do I dig and how specifically do I store for the following:

Gladiolus

Iris (bearded, I believe)

Dhalias

Pixie Lilly (a kind of Asiatic lilly?)

I am also planning on ordering:

Shogun Japanese Iris

Azure Allium

Daffodils

Asiatic Lillies

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